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It'd be interesting to see how these test out and how well the crossover implementation is for the dual driver setup.

I had an iFi Zen blue but it wasn't a full blown streamer like the bluesound Node2i. I like the tone controls and additional settings that are within the bluesound app. Can't say one or the other sounds better since i do not own the zen blue to compare with a blind test.

Received the Node2i yesterday and finally listening to it today. Thank you again @AdamG

That’s very generous of you. Merry Christmas to you and your family too.

Mr. AdamG, I'd like to take this beast off your hands if you may choose to so.

An iteration of the Polar Express.

USB is the best way to connect the DAC to the Mac Mini. I don't think it's possible to use coax or optical out of the mac mini via the headphone output.

Your Intel Mac is on 5.6.3 which uses ARC, which is similar to ARK on the new ARM Mac that is on 5.7.X. Its the small change in how the audio is processed by SoundSource in Sonoma and going forward will be flagged by Apple's privacy settings.

ARK is designed as an audio capture framework, thus the privacy notification aka red dot appears in the top right corner in the control center. Anything that records audio or what's on the screen within MacOS is flagged under privacy protection by Apple.

I've heard good things about bottlehead crack as far as their quality and build goes and if i'm not mistaken they're built in the US. Never dabbled in tube's so can't tell you how it sounds.

I think the ARK backend is not playing well with sound source

FYI, there is a new SoundSource update available and should be pushed to the app. SoundSource App Version: 5.7.1fc2 Build ID: 7b79305fc175cf1 Build Date: 2024-09-19 15:33:03 OS Version: MacOS 15.0 Audio Engine: ARK Plugin (12.0.5d2)

Please reach out to Rogue Amoeba, they sent me the next update that they're working on and it fixed my sound issues.

Curiosity for me is, is it possible to gain more output power with a bigger PSU? Obviously the heat and protection would be limiting factor. Still quite a powerful monoblock.

For $1100 dollars, its a jumble of mess that has no value.

Bought on Bandcamp, like the previous three albums. Soothing stuff for the soul.

My uneducated guess is that the planar magnet does not have a moving coil which leads to linearity in bass.

Welcome to the new sheriff in town @Jimbob54.

I've had to ask my company and boss to put the brakes on my workload. I've been working 50+ hours for the past two months and covering the workload of two people. It's definitely showing up in my physical condition as well, lack of exercise, sleep, and good diet have caused me to gain visible...

This man is a conjurer of magic!!